Eleven FSA groups operating in the north of Syria among which some who claimed to be dissolved into Ahrar (incl. US-backed al-Hamza brigade) released a statement from the former Fatah Halab Op Room Twitter account declaring Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham in east Ghouta as IS and advising Faylaq al-Rahman to side with Jaysh al-Islam.

Jesper Söder ([email protected]_jesper), a Swedish volunteer in the ranks of the SDF says he had a visit to his office from Cihan Sheikh Ahmed, SDF's spokesperson who said he (Jesper Söder) is now one of the spokespeople for the SDF.